About Us

Southwest United Canada was formed in 2009 with the combination of Advanced Processing Inc. (API) in Concord, ON and CEEL Limited in Brampton, ON.

Southwest United Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest United Industries, Inc. headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. CEEL Limited and Advanced Processing had been purchased by Southwest United Industries in 2006 and 2008 and were operating independently up until their combination at the end of 2009.

Southwest United Canada operates under one management structure from both the Advanced Processing facility in Concord and the CEEL facility in Brampton. Between the two facilities Southwest United Canada offers complete Nadcap accredited aerospace processing from one source. Both facilities have more than 30 years of experience offering metal finishing solutions to Canadian aerospace, defense, and industrial customers.

CEEL Limited was established in 1978 as Canadian Electroplating Enterprises Limited to service the heavy equipment hydraulic industry. In 1981, the Company moved to its current location in Brampton, Ontario. For the past 30 years CEEL has provided hard chrome and sulfamate nickel plating services from its 18,000 square foot facility to a broad customer base in the aerospace, defense, and general industrial markets. In 2006, Southwest United Industries purchased CEEL Limited. Since the purchase, the CEEL location has expanded its services to include HVOF thermal spray coatings and precision grinding. All processes at the CEEL location are Nadcap accredited.

Advanced Processing Inc. was established in 1979 to service the expanding de Havilland Aircraft manufacturing industry. API moved to its current location in Concord, Ontario in 2000. The API facility has been expanded to 25,000 square feet and has expanded its services to a broad aerospace and defense customer base. The API facility offers anodizing, chemical conversion coating, cadmium plating, ti-cad plating, passivation of stainless steel, non destructive testing, nital etch, shot peening, and painting. The API facility is approved by most major aerospace prime contractors including Boeing, Bell Helicopter, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Lockheed Martin, Goodrich Landing Gear, and Messier-Dowty. All processes at the API location are Nadcap accredited.

By maintaining these core values, Southwest United Canada has developed a positive long-term relationship with customers, employees, and vendors. Having a trained and positive workforce has created a financially strong organization that invests in the future and ensures the best quality and service for our customers. We also invest heavily in our facilities and employees which has paid off by attracting and retaining an experienced and focused workforce.

Capabilities

Approvals

At Southwest United Canada we work hard to stay at the leading edge of the metal processing industry so that we can provide the best possible services to our customers. Because we have attracted some of the industry's best talent over the 20 years of our business history, we have a broad offering of services and solutions we can offer our customers.

We maintain approvals from most aerospace OEMs with operations in the Canadian markets. We consistently introduce new applications to benefit our customers in their search for excellence and value.

Our approvals are updated when necessary to meet our customers' requirements. If you have questions about Southwest United Canada's approvals for your specific application, please contact Southwest United Canada at (905) 738-9225.

You can review our approvals by selecting the appropriate sorting category:

Certifications

Quality

Southwest United Canada has provided the highest quality metal finishing services for more than thirty years.

Our primary goal at Southwest United Canada has been to provide finishes and related services of the highest quality at all times. We are continually seeking ways to improve our processes and services from the time we receive your part to the time your part is final inspected and shipped. Focusing on understanding our customers' requirements and continuously working to adapt to an ever changing industry has provided us the opportunity to prosper and grow, and has provided our customers the satisfaction of knowing their parts will be completed right the first time, every time. Every job and every operation is tracked and documented using a proprietary system. Each job is provided a unique certificate of conformance documenting that your job was processed to the required specifications.

Southwest United Canada maintains quality system and metal finishing process approvals from all of the major prime contractor operating facilities in Canada.

An integral part of our quality systems are strict controls over the process chemistry as well as process controls. Our in-house chemists and quality engineers utilize advanced equipment to maintain our processes to the consistent standards our customers expect.

Products & Services

Southwest United Canada is a premier metal finishing job shop for newly manufactured parts and for repair and overhaul applications.

Southwest United Canada services are designed to be your specialty quality chrome plating, nickel plating, and thermal spray provider. Southwest United Canada's services include in-house manufacturing of tooling and masking fixtures resulting in faster turn times for our customers.

Approvals

Customer Approvals Include:

Southwest United Canada - Brampton (CEEL)

BOEING

BELL HELLICOPTER

GE │ HITACHI

GENERAL KINETICS

INVISTA

MESSIER-DOWTY

STRITE INDUSTRIES

UTAS

Southwest United Canada - Concord (API)

BOEING

BELL HELLICOPTER

BOMBARDIER

CESSNA

HAWKER DE HAVILLAND

GULFSTREAM

HAWKER/ BEECHCRAFT

ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTIRES (IAI)

L3 COMMUNICATIONS

LOCKHEED MARTIN

MESSIER-DOWTY

UTAS (LANDING GEAR)

VIKING AIR

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